Lena Spitzauer

Lena Spitzauer is the Europe IPRO Director x-Category at Danone, overseeing innovation, renovation, and productivity initiatives. Previously, Lena held several roles at Danone, including R&D Innovation Realization Director DACH and Head of R&D for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Prior to joining Danone, Lena worked as Head of R&D Europe GUM at Wrigley and gained experience as a Sensory and Food Science Engineer at Unternehmentsgruppe Theo Müller. Lena's educational background includes degrees in Food Technology from UC Davis and Technical University of Helsinki, as well as a Diplom in Nutrition from Technische Universität München Weihenstephan.